Day: December 1, 2014

As a fundraiser for the Cartier Bereavement Charitable Trust, local drag diva Tess Tickle and acclaimed photographer Jarrad Mapp have made a 2015 calendar starring some of NZ’s most talented queens with colourful results. “I loved the idea of shooting drag queens in their environment to highlight their personalities,” Tess aka Anthony tells express, “So […]

When kiwi Olympian Robbie Manson wrote an essay for Outsports about his coming out experience he was shocked to find it made headlines the world over. He talks exclusively to Oliver Hall about coming out to his teammates, family, and future dreams. At 25, Robbie Manson is shaping up to be one of the best […]

Oliver Hall discovers that Norfolk Island, Australia’s smallest territory is also its most forward thinking. Back in September Norfolk Island caused a stir when the self-governing landmass put forward a bill to allow same-sex marriages on their shores, even when the mainland did not. That bill has yet to be decided in the courts, but […]

express brings you an insiders’ guide to the sites that will be putting the camp into camping this New Year. Uretiti Uretiti beach is a Department of Conservation campsite with limited facilities. It’s not exclusively gay but very gay friendly they will refuse entry to anyone they, “believe will not contribute to the family atmosphere.” […]

It has been an insanely eventful month, from the our cover star Olympic rower Robbie Manson’s essay about his coming out experience becoming headline news to the sad passing of author Leslie Feinberg, who was best known for her ground breaking novel Stone Butch Blues. I know it was a favourite of amazing news editor Levi Joule […]

Levi Joule examines the outcome of this weekend’s Victoria state election and explains what the new Labor government will mean for GLBT Victorians. After just one term of Coalition rule, Victoria’s state election result has produced a new Labor government. As well as the traditional battle between Labor and the conservative Coalition, there has also […]

Today marks World AIDS day. Something the vast majority of the GLBT community would already know of course.  The New Zealand’s AIDS foundation held their annual collection on Friday, with the amount raised yet to be announced. This year the World AIDS Day theme is “zero discrimination” and the collections were also being used to […]